Ship-protector.



IVI. OSTROWIECKI.

SH!P PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.20, I917- ,261,8%8 Patented Apr. 9, 1918.

3 SHEETS-SHEET S- M. OSTROWlECKI.

SHIP.PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.20. 1911.

Patented Apr. 9, 1918.

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FIG. 3.

M. OSTROWIECKI.

SHIP PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.20. 1917.

1,261,482 Patent/2d Apr. 9,1918.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3- FIG 7 Q *3 Q r 1* 000000000 III (Q Q IJ LL To all whom it may concern MARCIN OSTIROWIECKI,

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Be itknown that I, MARCIN Os'rnowmoxr, a citizen of. Russ1a,.res1d1ng at Chlcago, 111

the county of (look and State-of. Illinois,

have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Ship-Protectors, of which the following is a specification.

The primary object of the invention is the provision ofa protector for ships designed for preventing injury thereto by .torpedoes and other missiles which are adapted to travel adjacent orbeneath the surface of the water. i

A further object of the device isthe provision of a torpedo protector :for ships whereby an oncoming torpedo is diverted in its direction'of travel to prevent any. in jury to the ship which is protected with the device. V N

1 In the drawings forming a part ,of-this application like designating characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the sev-v eral'views. 1

Figure 1 is aside elevation of a ship pro vided with the present device.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a rearend elevation of thejsame. Fig. 4 is. a horizontal sectional view of a portion of the device illustrating atorpedo in connection therewith, dotted lines being employed for illustrating the operation of Referring more in detail to the drawings,

a-ship 10 is illustrated comprising a hull 11,

- deck 12, cabin 13, a wireless device 1 1, and

showing the protecting device positioned in its protecting arrangement upon the hull 11..

ships hull at each side thereof. To support 2 these gates I provide supporting brackets each comprising an arc portion 20 which is attached to the hull, and an upper outwardly extending arm 21 and a lower outwardly extending arm 21, the arms extending parallel one above the other. The outer ends Specification-of Letters Patent.

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of the arms 21 of the bracketsareconnected: by a top rail 17, and the outerendsof the arms 21 are connected together by the bottom rail 18. The gates 16. are hung between said top rail 17 and the bottom rail 18,- being supported normally with: the lower rails of the gates some distance above the lower rail 18. The gates ,eachcomprise a. rectangular Fig. so as to leave but a single thread en- Patented Apr. 9,1918. Application filed- August 20, 1917. Serial NO. 187,235. Y

frame formed of-a top rail, a bottom rail, 1

gagement with the pintles 23.;The gates are heldqnormally against displacement orswinging movement bycords 27 tied around the rail Y17 and upper rail of the gateframe, andalso by similar cords tied around jthe lower railof the gate frame and the rail 18.

in event of atorpedo as represented at 30 Fig. st striking one ofthe gates, the ties 27 are broken bythe strain; of: the torpedo against, the gate, and the latter swings around upon its pintles 2324,- tendingto divert the oncoming? direction of the torpedo, the strain of the torpedo against the gate serving at the same time to force pintle out of theslot 25 inwhich it" was normally maintained by the ties 27. Further swinging movement of the gate has unscrewed pintle 23 from'its socket by which time the gate is free of the rails 17 and 18 and has been moved around by the force'of the torpedo to a coursepractically parallel with the course of the ship with the gate suspended thereon. Should the gate become entangled with the arms 2121, the tor3 pedo will beheld until its propelling power is exhausted, when its weight will cause it to sink harmlessly. The gate torn away by the torpedo maybe readily replacedwhen opportunity affords repairs.

In theform of the invention shown in Fig. 6, the boat 40 is arranged with mounting plates 4C1 which are H-shaped in cross section and adapted for the reception of perforated panels 42 therebetween, the said plates being shiftably attached to the boat lOby means of links 413.

site sides of the boat 40 when the The panels 42. are retained 'within' the plates 41 by means of bolts or rivets 44. The

links 43 have pivoted connections 45 for the plates 4l-and are attached to the boat 40 by means of brackets 46 to which the links are water when desired and for retaining the panels at any desired adjusted position, such arrangement being inthe form of cables 50 attached as at 51 to the plates 41 and passing over pulley wheels 52 upon a frame '53 of the boat- 40 andthen arranged over winding drums'54 upon the-boat; The cords 50 from opposite sides of the boat are so'ar'ranged uponthedrum-54 that'the panels 42 may be elevatel simultaneously uponturning the said drums by means of the cranks 55 with whichthe same is provided. It will be seen that the panels 42 are normally arranged in the water at opposite sides of the boat for protecting the same and'any oncoming missile such as a torpedo will strike one of the panels 42 thereby preventing any damage to the boat 40, Upon any of the panels being injured the drums 54 may be turned for elevating the panels 42 andplates 41 to a point adjacent the deck of the boat as illustrated by'dotted lines in Fig. 8 of the drawpaired or-replaced.

' What Iclaim as new is;,

1. A protector for hulls ada t-singa ings so that theinjured plate may be refraine longltudi-nally secured to the side of the hull and embodying upper and lower rails, the lower rail of said frame having shallow. sockets therein and the upper rail provided with recessed perforations in verti w cal aline'mentwith the said sockets, gates arranged between the said rails having pintles freely positioned within the said sockets and rail hav.in 3 v recessed perforation in vertical alinement with the said socket,-a gate of net work formation, upper and lower pintles at oneend of the figate freely arrangecFswingingl y within the said socket andper'foration and retainingloopsbetween the said gate and rails adapted for-normallymaintaining the gate positioned therebe'tween.

3. A device of the class descr1bed,comprising in combination with wheat, a plurality of H-shaped plates, panels carried by the said plates, link connectlons between 'the plates and boat, telescoping stays pivOtally connecting the end ones of said plates with the boat and elevating means for theplates and panels carried by the boat. 7

In testimony whereof'I affix my gnature. MARCIN OSTROWIECKI.

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